Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas eBook

Far be it from us to despair at any time of the incalculable
favours of God, for if it were His wish He could cause
a mere atom to be transformed into a sun and a single
drop into an ocean. He unlocketh thousands of
doors, while man is incapable of conceiving even a
single one.

So heedless is this servant that with words such as
these he seeketh to vindicate the supreme power of
God—­exalted be His glory. I implore
pardon of God, the Most Great, for these assertions
and affirm that this servant at all times recognizeth
his grievous trespasses and misdeeds. He entreateth
remission of his sins from the ocean of the forgiveness
of his Lord, the Most Exalted, and beggeth for that
which will make him wholly devoted to God and enable
him to utter His praise, turn himself toward Him and
to put his whole trust in Him. Verily He is the
Potent, the Forgiving, the Merciful. Praised
be God, the Almighty, the All-Knowing.

This lowly one hath read the descriptions of the dialogue
with the traveller which thou hast recounted in thy
letter to my Lord, may my life be offered up for His
sake. The explanations which were set forth awaken
the people from the slumber of heedlessness. Indeed
the actions of man himself breed a profusion of satanic
power. For were men to abide by and observe the
divine teachings, every trace of evil would be banished
from the face of the earth. However, the widespread
differences that exist among mankind and the prevalence
of sedition, contention, conflict and the like are
the primary factors which provoke the appearance of
the satanic spirit. Yet the Holy Spirit hath
ever shunned such matters. A world in which naught
can be perceived save strife, quarrels and corruption
is bound to become the seat of the throne, the very
metropolis, of Satan.

How vast the number of the loved and chosen ones of
God who have lamented and moaned by day and by night
that haply a sweet and fragrant breeze might blow
from the court of His good-pleasure and dispel altogether
the loathsome and foul-smelling odours from the world.
However, this ultimate goal could not be attained,
and men were deprived thereof by virtue of their evil
deeds, which brought upon them the retribution of God,
in accordance with the basic principles of His divine
rule. Ours is the duty to remain patient in these
circumstances until relief be forthcoming from God,
the Forgiving, the Bountiful.

Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord of all beings and Desire
of all created things! I beseech Thee, by the
Word which hath caused the Burning Bush to lift up
its Voice and the Rock to cry out, whereby the well-favoured
have hastened to attain the court of Thy presence
and the pure in heart the dayspring of the light of
Thy countenance, and by the sighing of Thy true lovers
in their separation from Thy chosen ones and by the
lamentation of them that long to behold Thy face before
the dawning splendour of the light of Thy Revelation,
to graciously enable Thy servants to recognize what
Thou hast ordained for them by Thy bounty and Thy grace.
Prescribe for them then through Thy Pen of Glory that
which will direct their steps to the ocean of Thy
generosity and will lead them unto the living waters
of Thy heavenly reunion.